Global Learning Charter School

Six students and a bus driver have been taken to the hospital with minor injuries after a crash involving a school bus in the North End on Thursday afternoon.

Five students in New Bedford have each been granted $35,000 to pursue science and tech-related studies in higher education through the SouthCoast Community Foundation's Jacobs Family scholarships.

The Global Learning Charter School in New Bedford announced today that Massachusetts Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester plans to renew the school's charter for another five years, and that all conditions previously placed on the school have been removed...

After their tour of New Bedford High School on Tuesday, Irwin Jacobs and his wife Joan wrapped up their visit to the city with their 16th annual scholarship presentation at the Whaling Museum. The Jacobs Family rewarded five high school seniors in New Bedford with a $35,000 scholarship to study math, science, or engineering in college...

The Charitable Foundation for the Bristol County Savings Bank has awarded grants totaling $35,000 to seven New Bedford-area non-profit organizations. One of the recipients was the Global Learning Charter School. The bank awarded the school $5,000 to boost its music programs...

So much time has passed since September 11, 2001 that there are now young men and women in high school that have no recollection of the events as they happened. However, the significance of the terrorist attacks have not been lost on students at the Global Learning Charter School...

Residents said at a community forum Tuesday night that crime, trash and dismal-looking storefronts all are holding back North End neighborhoods around Acushnet Avenue. David Price, director of the Comunidad Nuestra Development Corporation in Roxbury, said his community solved similar problems and that he thinks North End residents are ready to tackle their issues...

The Downtown Campus of the Global Learning Charter Public School in New Bedford has been named in honor of Dr. Irwin Jacobs and his wife Joan.

Two schools and five area non-profit agencies are receiving money from the Charitable Foundation of Bristol County Savings Bank.  Each year the Foundation awards cash to needy agencies in the region, and has doled out more than $9 million since 1996...